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08/31/06

News 7 Mornin'

10 KMC Ernesto-VO 1 vo Ernesto 4296 --
GRAPHIC=Ernesto As we wait and see what Ernesto

will bring us, the storm could leave a
mark on the Carolinas.
ENG#=1 VO-NAT

VO-NAT Ernesto had weakened to a tropical

depression, but has already regained
tropical storm strength, as it moves
toward a SECOND landfall along the
South Carolina coast later today.

The state is NOT issuing evacuation
orders, but the governor has urged
residents in low- lying areas to stay
alert.

Meanwhile, the storm didn't pack as
big a wallop in Florida as forecasters
had predicted.
ENG#=2 (SOT FULL)
SOT FULL

INQ=The intensity

*CG 2line Max Mayfield
National Hurricane Center Director Max Mayfield/National Hurricane Center
Director: The intensity forecasting, to
me, it's almost like putting a million
piece jigsaw puzzle together and the
pieces of the puzzle don't have any
color on them and some of those pieces
are missing. It's very very difficult .
RUNS=12 (END SOT)

OQ=very very difficult.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Ernesto could drop as many as seven
inches of rain in the Mid-Atlantic

innocence to reporters as he was being
taken to court for arraignment.
SOT FULL

MICHAEL MORVA, BROTHER

MY BROTHER IS THE KILLER. I DIDN'T DO
ANYTHING WRONG. I WASN'T A PART OF IT.
REPORTER: YOU DIDN'T HELP PLAN IT?
NO, I DID NOT HELP PLAN IT. I DIDN'T
DO ANYTHING WRONG. THE POLICE CAME AND
KNOCKED ON MY DOOR AT 3 IN THE MORNING
WHILE I WAS ASLEEP AND WOKE ME UP AND
TOLD ME WHAT HAPPENED. I HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH THIS. THIS IS WRONG. THIS
IS WRONG. THIS IS WRONG. WHY AM I
HERE?
(END SOT)

The owner of Ceritano's
Restaurant is asking a similar
question.

Michael worked there for about a
year and half...up until he was
arrested Sunday.
SOT FULL

04:15:09 PEOPLE BEEN CALLING OVER
HERE...THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED

TO MICHAEL. THERE'S NOT MUCH I CAN
TELL THEM...AS FAR AS I KNOW..HE'S IN
JAIL AND WE DON'T KNOW WHY HE'S IN
JAIL. :17
(END SOT)

Nino Ceritano says Michael
mentioned his brother, William being in
jail and asked to work overtime to help
pay for a lawyer.

Ceritano doesn't believe Michael
was involved with his brother's escape.
SOT FULL

04:16:58 YOU KNOW...SOMETIMES THERE IS
BLACK SHEEP IN THE FAMILY AND THE OTHER
PEOPLE..THEY SHOULDN'T PAY THE
CONSEQUENCE OF THE BAD
PERSON.:07.....Holly Pietrzak News-7
Blacksburg. >>

"sweet" happened in the New River
Valley yesterday.
ENG#=4 VO NAT
VO NAT

*CG locator Blacksburg

Ben & Jerry's in downtown Blacksburg
donated 50-percent of its profits and
all its tips Wednesday to the families
of fallen officers Derrick McFarland
and Eric Sutphin.

People came out in full force to
support the fundraiser. In fact, more
than five thousand dollars was
collected.

Both the owners and members of the
law enforcement community say they are
overwhelmed by the response.
ENG#=1 SOT FULL
SOT FULL 14:30:22, 14:52:02

INQ=It's a good

*CG 2line Alan Sherman
Store Owner
:00

*CG 2line Kevin Darden
Christiansburg Police Officer ALAN SHERMAN/STORE OWNER: IT'S A GOOD
:11 COMMUNITY. WE'RE A TIGHT SOLID PEOPLE
COMMUNITY WHERE WE CARE ABOUT EACH
OTHER AND IT'S NOT THE WAY YOU GO
THROUGH LIFE, IT'S WHAT YOU GIVE WHEN
YOU GO THROUGH THAT LIFE.

KEVIN DARDEN/CHRISTIANSBURG POLICE
OFFICER: YOU HATE IT TAKES A TRAGEDY
TO BRING THESE PEOPLE OUT BUT IT SHOWS
THEY'VE ALWAYS FELT THIS WAY THEY WANT
TO COME OUT AND LET US KNOW THEY FEEL
THAT WAY, IT'S PRETTY GOOD.
RUNS=18 (SOT FULL)

OQ=it's pretty good

VO NAT VO NAT

Some not only donated their money,
but also their time.

Police officers as well as staff from
Gilbert Linkous Elementary School
volunteered in shifts to scoop ice
cream.
(END VO) (END VO)

Scammers could use your contact
information to try to rip-you-off.
KIM COLD TOSS TO BOB Kim cold toss to Bob

Bob Grebe has more in today's

Scam Alert 7 Report.
LIVE=BOB FULL AT BAM LIVE FULL
SCAM ALERT BANNER

*CG standup Bob Grebe
bgrebe@wdbj7.com Kimberly, each week we seem to
come across more and more
internet-based scams.

This one starts off innocently
enough... someone trying to find a job
on the web.

It ends with scammers taking your
info and using it to bate you.

This is how the scam works... the
con artist poses as an employer.

ENG#=1 VO NAT

VO NAT He takes the information posted
online and uses it to convince you that
he is from a legitimate company.

If you take the bait, the scammer
requests your bank account number to
deliver his check through direct
deposit.

There are many varations of the
scam, but a prevailent one includes an
offer for a job paying high wages that
involves forwarding, transferring or
wiring money from a personal bank

account to another fraudulent account.

For your trouble, you are told to
keep a small percentage of the funds.

For the scammers, it's all about
gaining your confidence.

ENG#=2 SOT FULL
SOT FULL

INQ= giving your personal

*CG 2line Julie Wheeler
Better Business Bureau 10.16 "GIVING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
THAT CONTACTS YOU VIA EMAIL THAT TELLS
YOU HOW GREAT YOUR RESUME IS , WHAT A
WONDERFUL PERSON YOU ARE, DON'T FALL
FOR THAT. JUST REALIZED THAT THIS IS
NOT A LEGITIMATE THING." 10.28 (:12)
RUNS=12 (SOT FULL)

OQ= legitimate thing.

VO NAT VO NAT

It's important that everyone
learn to recognize spam.

Often, the sender has typos and
misspellings in the subject line and
throughout the message.

LIVE=BOB FULL AT BAM LIVE FULL

As a general rule of thumb, be

suspicious of email you receive from
senders you don't know.
BOB TOSS ACROSS TO KIM BOB TOSS ACROSS TO KIM

WE HAVE NO HEALTH CARE IN CRAIG COUNTY.
THE LAST DOCTOR WHO WAS HERE LEFT OVER
YEAR AGO SINCE THAT TIME THIS BUILDING
HAS BEEN VACANT 47 WE HOPE TO OPEN A
CLINIC HERE BY THE FALL OF 2007 IF
EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT
RUNS=17 (END SOT)

OQ=if everything goes right

VO-NAT VO-NAT

But before that can happen the
corporation needs community input in
order to get a planning grant to start
the process.
TAKE FS INFO BOARD E651 TAKE INFO FS

The Board of Supervisors is holding a
community meeting today at 7pm at Craig
County High School to get feedback.
END FS GFX END FS GFX

RUN09 DID EVERYBODY SEE THE ROCKS AS THEY
WALKED UP? THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO
SEE OVER THERE ... THAT'S HOW THE U-N
AND THE LOCALS MARK THEIR UXO AND
ANYTHING THAT GOES 'BOOM'.

But sometimes they're not always
clearly marked ... and soldiers must
proceed on foot .. or on stomach,
gently probing for buried ordnance.

From the field to the classroom,
it's been painstaking work, but the
soldiers say if it ends up saving their
lives, it will have been worth it.
SOT SOT FULL 10:36:21 #1

IN Q=It's been good SGT. BARRY HAIRSTON/MARTINSVILLE: IT'S

BEEN GOOD. TRAINING-WISE IT'S BEEN
GREAT. WE COULD USE A BETTER PX
(LAUGHS) BUT TRAINING-WISE IT'S BEEN
GREAT THOUGH. I'VE PICKED UP A LOT,
I'VE LEARNED A LOT.
RUN09 (END SOT)

OUT Q=learned a lot.

SOT SOT FULL 9:18:43 #2

IN Q=This is a COL. DOUG EARHART/KFOR8 U-S COMMANDER:

THIS IS A GREAT GROUP OF MOTIVATED
SOLDIERS. THEY'RE INFANTRY SOLDIERS SO
THEIR INSTINCTS ARE REALLY HONED, AND
ALL THIS DOES IS REALLY GETS THEM BACK
IN THE MIND OF THINKING LIKE A SOLDIER
DOES EVERY SINGLE DAY.
RUN12 (END SOT)

OUT Q=every single day.

STANDUP Standup
IN Q=A big part 7:47:49 A BIG PART OF THESE SOLDIERS'

JOBS IN KOSOVO WILL BE CONVOY
PROTECTION, GETTING FROM POINT A TO

POINT B SAFELY. BUT AS THEIR TRAINING
HAS SHOWED THEM, THAT SOMETIMES CAN GET
A LITTLE TRICKY.
RUN10 (END SOT)

RUN01 ... and one that does go off,
resulting in casualties that soldiers
must deal with.

All of it could be part of their
mission in Kosovo.
SOT SOT FULL 9:20:04

IN Q=Peace enforcement COL. EARHART: PEACE ENFORCEMENT AS IT

IS, IS IMPORTANT OVER THERE BECAUSE
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE EVERY
CITIZEN IN KOSOVO HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CARRY ON THEIR DAILY LIVES WITHOUT THE
FEAR OF VIOLENCE AND THAT'S REALLY WHY
WE'RE THERE.
RUN14 (END SOT)

We'll have more on the forecast
in just a moment, but first we have
some traffic information to pass along.

Coopers Mountain Road in Franklin
County is closed from the 1900 block to
the 2200 block because of flooding in

the area.

VDOT will have signs diverting
traffic.

KIM TOSS ACROSS TO LEO IN WEATHER toss across to Leo in weather center
CENTER Now let's head over to Meteorologist
Leo Hirsbrunner who is in the
Skytracker 7 forecast center with more
on what we can expect today.....
ANCHOR=Leo

will bring us, the storm could leave a
mark on the Carolinas.
ENG#=1 VO-NAT

VO-NAT Ernesto had weakened to a tropical

depression, but has already regained

tropical storm strength, as it moves
toward a SECOND landfall along the
South Carolina coast later today.

The state is NOT issuing evacuation
orders, but the governor has urged
residents in low- lying areas to stay
alert.

Meanwhile, the storm didn't pack as
big a wallop in Florida as forecasters
had predicted.
ENG#=2 (SOT FULL)
SOT FULL

INQ=The intensity

*CG 2line Max Mayfield
National Hurricane Center Director Max Mayfield/National Hurricane Center
Director: The intensity forecasting, to
me, it's almost like putting a million
piece jigsaw puzzle together and the
pieces of the puzzle don't have any
color on them and some of those pieces
are missing. It's very very difficult .
RUNS=12 (END SOT)

OQ=very very difficult.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Ernesto could drop as many as seven
inches of rain in the Mid-Atlantic
region.

Sunday morning, August 20th,
Michael was charged with possession of
marijuana and conspiracy to help an

inmate escape.

According to the arrest warrant,
though, the conspiracy charge was for
an offense that happened in January.

Michael's employer, Nino
Ceritano, Sarah-tuh-no doesn't believe
he was involved with his brother's
escape.
ENG#=2 SOT FULL
SOT FULL

INQ=YOU KNOW

*CG 2line Nino Ceritano
Michael's Employer NINO CERITANO, MICHAEL'S EMPLOYER
:00 04:16:58 YOU KNOW...SOMETIMES THERE IS
BLACK SHEEP IN THE FAMILY AND THE OTHER
PEOPLE..THEY SHOULDN'T PAY THE
CONSEQUENCE OF THE BAD PERSON.:07
RUNS=:09 (END SOT)

their hearts and their wallets to the
families of the two officers killed in
the line of duty.

Last night was no different at a
fundraiser in Blacksburg where folks
put their money where their mouth is.

Justin McLeod has the story.
ENG#=3 SOT FULL

SOT FULL

INQ=

*CG locator Blacksburg
:00

*CG 2line Amy Lythgoe
Blacksburg Resident
:15

*CG 2line Alan Sherman
Ben & Jerry's Owner
:31

*CG 2line Shelia Reighard
Blacksburg Resident
:56

*CG 2line Shannon Sherman
Ben & Jerry's Owner
1:09

*CG 2line Kevin Darden
Christiansburg Police Officer
1:26

*CG standup Justin McLeod
jmcleod@wdbj7.com
1:35
RUNS=1:45 (END SOT)

OQ=jm, news 7 <

14:32:49))

It was a busy place here at Ben &
Jerry's Ice Cream in downtown
Blacksburg Wednesday as hundreds came
out for their favorite treat.
SOT FULL 14:50:11 SOT FULL

INQ=This really is JUSTIN McLEOD: THIS REALLY IS A DAY

YOU DON'T FEEL GUILTY ABOUT EATING ICE
CREAM, RIGHT?

AMY LYTHGOE: THAT'S RIGHT BESIDES YOU
BRING THE KIDS AND YOU DEFINETELY CAN'T
FEEL GUILTY BECAUSE YOU'RE EATING

SECONDS.
RUN=07 (END SOT)

OQ=eating seconds In fact the more the better.

That's because the owners of Ben &
Jerry's donated fifty percent of their
profits and all of their tips to the
families of Derrick McFarland and Eric
Sutphin.
SOT FULL 14:29:01 SOT FULL

INQ=You have two ALAN SHERMAN: YOU HAVE TWO WIVES

WITHOUT HUSBANDS. YOU HAVE TWO KIDS
WITHOUT FATHERS NOW WE NEED TO JOIN
TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND HELP THESE
PEOPLE.
RUN=07 (END SOT)

OQ=help these people And they did.

By six o'clock nearly six hundred
people had walked through these doors.

At times, the line was even out the
door.

But no one mind waiting or ordering
an extra scoop because they knew it's
all going for a good cause.

Many then dumped their change into
this bucket.
SOT FULL 14:53:47 SOT FULL

INQ=I guess I figure SHELIA REIGHARD: I GUESS I FIGURE

EVERY BIT WILL HELP SO IF EVERYBODY
DOES A LITTLE BIT IT WILL HELP THEM GET

THEIR LIVE PUT BACK TOGETHER A LITTLE
BIT.
RUN=08 (END SOT)

OQ=a little bit Some not only donated their money,

but also their time.
SOT FULL 14:39:31 SOT FULL

INQ=Most of the folks SHANNON SHERMAN: MOST OF THE FOLKS

BEHIND THE COUNTER ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS
EITHER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
CHRISTIANSBURG AND BLACKSBURG GILBERT
LINKOUS ELEMENTARY WE HAD A TECH
PROFESSOR HERE SCOOPING SO IT HAS BEEN
TERRIFIC.
RUN=11 (END SOT)

OQ=has been terrific Terrific and overwhelming especially

too those in the law enforcment
community.
SOT FULL 14:51:28 SOT FULL

INQ=I think it's KEVIN DARDEN/CHRISTIANSBURG POLICE

OFFICER: I THINK IT'S AWESOME. IT'S
JUST SHOWS THE LOVE THESE PEOPLE HAVE
FOR US. SOMETIMES WE CAN ALL BE
CYNICAL BUT THIS REALLY SHOWS THEIR
SUPPORT.
RUN=07 (END SOT)

OQ=shows their support

SOT FULL SOT FULL

INQ= JUSTIN McLEOD/REPORTING: THAT SUPPORT

IS TRULY REMARKABLE. WEDNESDAY'S
FUNDRAISER BROUGHT IN MORE THAN FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS WHICH BRINGS THE
ENTIRE FUND UP TO MORE THAN 30
THOUSAND. JUSTIN McLEOD, NEWS 7.
RUNS= (END SOT)>>

<< Salem resident, Chuck Wilde, put his
resume on a few career sites like
Monster.com and Blue Ridge Help
Wanted.com. He also paid for a service
called Resume Rabbit that advertises it
will post your information on 75
different sites for $59.95.

SOT FULL @ 2.58 SOT FULL

INQ= two days after Chuck Wilde - 02.58 "TWO DAYS AFTER I

DID THAT I STARTED GETTING ALL THESE
EMAILS. THE EMAILS, A BUNCH WERE REAL
BOGUS, BUT A FEW REALLY JUMPED OUT."
03.11 (:13)
RUNS= :13 (END SOT)

OQ= really jumped out.

One of the correspondences was from an
alleged attorney from Malaysia who said
he has a deceased client with the same
last name, Wilde. This person wanted
Chuck to present himself as the next of
kin and collect the inheritance money.
This was just one of several such
offers.

SOT FULL @3.43 SOT FULL

INQ= they are companies. Chuck Wilde - 03.43 "THEY ARE COMPANIES

THAT ARE TYPICALLY OFF SHORE AND THEY
WANT ME TO COLLECT CHECKS FOR THEM.
DEPOSIT THE CHECKS AND TAKE A
TEN-PERCENT COMMISSION AND SEND THEM
THE BALANCE." 03.53 (:10)
RUNS= :10 (END SOT)

OQ= the balance.

This is a scam Julie Wheeler of the
Better Business Bureau has seen all too
often. Those who fall for it have put
themselves in financial and legal
jeopardy.

SOT FULL @9.58 SOT FULL

INQ= what have you done? Julie Wheeler - 09.58 "WHAT HAVE YOU

DONE? YOU PROVIDED YOUR BANK ACCOUNT
NUMBER TO SOMEBODY YOU DON'T KNOW. YOU
COULD BE LAUNDERING MONEY. THIS COULD

BE MONEY THAT WAS NOT LEGALLY OBTAINED.
SO YOU COULD BE COMMITTING A CRIME.
SO YOU WANT TO BE CAREFUL IF THEY ARE
ASKING YOU TO DO THAT." 10.16 (:18)
RUN18 (END SOT)

OQ= to do that.

If you put your email address on a
resume site, it's a fair assumption
that companies will use it to contact
you. But Wheeler warns if the company
continues to use email instead of
speaking to you over the phone or in
person, that should raise a red flag.

SOT FULL @ 11.48 SOT FULL

INQ= after that first Julie Wheeler - 11.48 "AFTER THAT FIRST

CONTACT I WOULD GO TO REGULAR MAIL
CONTACT. I WOULD GET A REGULAR PHONE
NUMBER. I WOULD NOT RELY ON EMAIL."
11.55 (:07)
RUN07 (END SOT)

OQ= rely on email.

Wilde says the experience would not
discourage him from using the web to
find a job in the future. He feels the
blame falls on the unscrupulous scam
artists preying on those who post their
resumes online and not the career sites
themselves.

It happened around 2:45
yesterday afternoon at the Blairs
Community Center.

A school resource officer
reported a fight inside the gym. He
found a 14-year-old with a puncture
wound in the right armpit. The victim
is a student at Hope Haven School,
which is part of the community center.

The officer took a 15-year-old
suspect into custody. That teenager
was attending a Job Readiness Training
Program, also housed in the building.

Identities of the two teenagers
are being withheld by the sheriff's
department.
(END VO) (END VO)

Coopers Mountain Road is closed
from the 1900 block to the 2200 block
because flooding in the area.

VDOT will have signs diverting
traffic.

KIM TOSS ACROSS TO LEO IN WEATHER toss across to Leo in weather center
CENTER Now let's head over to Meteorologist
Leo Hirsbrunner who is in the
Skytracker 7 forecast center with more
on what we can expect today.....

firefighters have been called to the VA
Medical Center in Salem.
ENG#=4 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Salem

This time it was a smoldering
laundry basket in a basement linen room
that set off a sprinkler, and sent
smoke into the west side of Building
Two.

No one was injured, and the fire
was extinguished quickly, but hospital
officials did relocate some patients on
the second and third floors as a
precaution. They were moved back in
about an hour.
(END VO) (END VO)

KIMBERLY ON CAM KIMBERLY ON CAM
GRAPHIC=HOLD On August first, firefighters

responded to an early morning dumpster
fire at the Medical Center . There's
no word on the cause of either fire.

congestion are just some of the reasons
Salem residents say they're against a
new neighborhood.
ENG#=3 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Salem

The Village at North Mill would
bring 79-single family homes to North
Mill Road.

Residents say that's too many
homes for 28-acres.

The planning commission passed it
onto the city council without a
recommendation, so residents are hoping
the board will hear THEIR concerns.
ENG#=4 SOT FULL
SOT FULL

INQ=My major concern is the ...

*CG 2line Les Anas
Neighbor @1:09:09.00

LES ANAS, NEIGHBOR: MY MAJOR CONCERN IS
THE TRAFFIC ON THIS ROAD. IT'S GOING
TO BE SO MANY HOUSES. I JUST FEEL ITS
GOING TO BE A LOT MORE DANGEROUS ALL
THE BLIND SPOTS ON THE ROADS AND STUFF.
(20)
RUNS=11 (END SOT)

Carolina show that J.J. Redick will
plead guilty to Drunk Driving Charges
and the unlawful use of highways.

Redick was arrested back on June
13th after making an illegal U-Turn at
a sobriety check point.

Redick is scheduled to be back in
court on October 24th, but the guilty
plea most likely means his attorney
will enter the plea. That same October
night - Redick and the Orlando Magic
play Miami in a N-B-A Pre-season game.

In the year since, Bowdish
returned to Louisiana five times, moved
his family back for ?? months, but he
lost his job at Tulane University, and
is now living in Connecticut.
SOT FULL 17:23:18 SOT FULL

INQ=I took a few steps back BRUCE BOWDISH: I TOOK A FEW STEPS

BACK, BUT SOME PEOPLE GOT KNOCKED ALL
THE WAY BACK INTO A HOLE. WE JUST
HAPPEN TO HAVE INSURANCE AND SOME OTHER
THINGS. IT WASN'T ENOUGH. WE TOOK SOME
BIG LOSSES. BUT WE'RE RESILIENT, WE'LL
PICK UP AND MOVE ON.
RUN = 19 (END SOT)

OQ=we'll pick up and move on. Former Roanoker Billy Bova served

as our guide in Gulfport Mississippi,
and showed us the destruction on Second
Street.

He estimates about 70 percent of
the damaged buildings there have been
hauled away, but less than 20 percent
are now being rebuilt.
SOT FULL 17:30:24 SOT FULL

INQ=After one year BILLY BOVA: AFTER ONE YEAR AFTER

KATRINA, LIFE IS FAR FAR FROM BEING
BACK TO NORMAL FOR THE AVERAGE
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST RESIDENT.
RUN = 13 (END SOT)

OQ=Miisissippi gulf coast resident. We weren't able to reach others,

like the children we met in Gulfport as
they played on a fallen tree, or the
man just a few blocks away picking
through the ruins of his home.

But we did speak with Dr. Wayne
Grayson, the former Roanoke physician
who lives near Hattiesburg.

A year later, he still marvels at
the work utility crews accomplished in
the wake of the storm. And he says
many of the patients he sees are gulf
coast transplants who lost everything.
SOT FULL 37:21 SOT FULL

INQ=I think people are so unsettled at DR. WAYNE GRAYSON: I THINK PEOPLE ARE
this point SO UNSETTLED THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY
WANT TO DO, YOU KNOW THEY DON'T KNOW IF
THEY WANT TO GO BACK OR IF THEY WANT TO
STAY HERE. SO I THINK EACH DAY SOMEBODY
MAKES A DECISION WHAT THEY NEED TO DO,
I THINK THAT'S A PLUS.
RUNS=13 (END SOT